KEY RINGS

Dungeons were built under castles and in prisons. These dungeons were usually pitch black and filthy with disease. Prisoners who were held there were treated very badly and from the earliest times...

A pirate is someone who travels by water and commits robbery at sea or sometimes on the shore. Thousands of pirates were active between 1650-1720, a time known as the 'Golden Age' of piracy. The...

Dungeons were built under castles and in prisons. These dungeons were usually pitch black and filthy with disease. Prisoners who were held there were treated very badly and from the earliest times...

The first space shuttle was launched in 1981. Conventional one-use rockets had been the only way to send astronauts or cargoes into space. The United States developed a re-usable system called the...

The sheep is an animal that has a thick fleece on its body and hoofs that are divided into two toes. They were first domesticated in Asia during the Bronze Age by primitive tribesmen who kept them...

A seahorse is a small fish that is named because its head resembles that of a tiny horse. About 25 species of seahorses live in shallow tropical seas while others live in temperate waters. This...

There are five mini Scottish Military figures to collect: a Field Officer, Cavalry Officer, Drum Major, Corporal and Piper. Each figure is approximately 4cm tall and is made from lead-free pewter...

Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. It measures about 120,536 kn around its equator - nine times wider than earth. It is made up mostly of hydrogen and helium, which are very...

Celtic artists worked with stone, wood, metal and paint in a style characterized by its abstract nature, balance of form, delicacy, brightness of colour and most of all by its spirals and interlacing...

This highly detailed miniature is of a legionary centurion's helmet, of the time of the Emperor Vespasian, circa 75AD. The helmet would have had a crest of horsehair and would have been worn with...

The word Pirate means 'one who plunders the sea'. Pirates were expert sailors and ferocious fighters who grew rich by hijacking cargoes. There are four mini Pirate figures to collect, Blackbeard,...

Owl is the common name for nocturnal birds of prey found in all continents. Owls are able to see in daylight but their eyes are especially adapted to seeing in partial darkness. Most owls spend the...